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SHELL will cut 7,000 – 9,000 jobs as the company is reorganised to transition to a lower-carbon business.
Type: News
Dungeness B will begin decommissioning seven years ahead of schedule
THE UK’s Dungeness B nuclear power station will begin decommissioning activities some seven years earlier than expected after investigations discovered problems with components that cannot be replaced.
Type: News
Carbon Clean captures CO2 from Tata Steel blast furnace
CARBON Clean has installed a carbon capture plant at a blast furnace owned by Tata Steel in India.
Type: News
WBCSD and Engie join forces to develop industrial decarbonisation principles
THE World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and sustainability consultancy Engie Impact are developing principles to decarbonise manufacturing.
Type: News
Jacobs builds robot to sample Fukushima radioactive debris
ENGINEERING group Jacobs has designed and built a remotely-operated robot to collect debris at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, to assess the state of a damaged reactor at the facility
Type: News
ReElement Technologies partners with Afrivolt to develop Africa’s battery ecosystem
METALS refining and recycling company ReElement Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Afrivolt to support the development of the country’s regional and global lithium-ion battery supply chains.
Type: News
IChemE launches interactive safety case studies
ICHEME has launched two interactive safety case studies – Chemical Plant and Underground Pipeline. The launch was announced by Trish Kerin, IChemE Safety Centre Director, at Hazards 29, Europe’s largest annual process safety conference, held in Birmingham, UK.
Type: News
Largest Indonesian gas find in 18 years
SPANISH energy company Repsol has made the largest gas discovery in Indonesia for 18 years. It is also one of the top ten largest finds made worldwide in the last 12 months.
Type: News
Malaysia PM: Petronas could be sold to pay down debt
STAKES in state-energy firm Petronas could be sold to Malaysia’s oil-producing states to raise money for the Government, Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad has told Reuters.
Type: News
SABIC chemical plant will be 100% solar-powered
SABIC’S polycarbonate facility in Cartagena, Spain, is set to become the world’s first large-scale chemical production site powered fully by renewable energy, the chemicals firm says.
Type: News
Eni reaches 19 MoUs for HyNet participation
ENI UK has achieved 19 memorandums of understanding (MoUs), with as many companies interested in having their emissions captured, transported, and stored in the energy company’s depleted reservoirs as part of the HyNet North West project.
Type: News
ExxonMobil to shut down French steam cracker and cut 677 jobs
ENERGY costs continue to pummel the European oil and gas market, with ExxonMobil announcing plans to close one of its primary chemical production facilities in France, impacting 677 jobs.
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Shell halts construction of one of Europe’s largest biofuels facility
SHELL has announced that its subsidiary, Shell Nederland Raffinaderij, will “temporarily pause” construction of an 820,000 t/y biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Type: News
Nouryon and Gasunie to supply ‘green’ hydrogen for methanol production
NOURYON and Gasunie have agreed to supply ‘green’ hydrogen to BioMCN for renewable methanol production. The companies say that this marks a step in the sustainability of processes in the industry.
Type: News
Consortium develops power to methanol demonstration project
A CONSORTIUM of seven companies is collaborating on a demonstration plant to produce sustainable methanol for use by chemical companies in Antwerp, Belgium. In this first of its kind project for Belgium, the planned demonstration plant could produce up to 8,000 t/y of methanol, saving at least 8,000 t/y of CO2 emissions.
Type: News
Update: 47 dead after Chinese chemicals plant explosion
THE death toll following an explosion at a Chinese chemicals plant has now reached 47, reports state news agency Xinhua. Another Xinhua report adds that 640 people are receiving medical treatment in hospitals, 90 of whom are seriously injured.
Type: News
AN UNKOWN number of decommissioned gas wells at Santos’s Legendre gas field off the coast of Western Australia have been leaking from the seabed for at least 10 years, according to documents submitted to Nopsema, the country’s national petroleum regulator, by Santos in early 2022.
Type: News
UK government announces £400m hydrogen support measures
THE UK government has announced support for 11 commercial green hydrogen projects which will see more than £400m (US$510m) of private capital invested in the UK green economy.
Type: News
Australian Government backs national hydrogen hubs
THE Australian Government has announced funding to support the rollout of eight hydrogen hubs as part of an ambition to position the nation as a major global player in the industry by 2030.
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